Initial Comment:It seems d2x-xl is buggier than ever. I load up an old save file (Vignettes mission pack specifically) and there is now sound (but I do get music) So to fix this problem, I restart a fresh game on the set from level 1, I get my sound. I then, from there, reload the saved game. This usually brings me back sound in my current game. Unfortunately, the latest beta likes to crash every time I do this prior to loading the saved game. Furthermore, if I reload the same saved game more than once, it crashes. So I honestly can't continue playing anything right now with d2x-xl.

"Buggier than ever"?

Yeah, d2x-xl is such a buggy, crappy, obnoxious POS getting worse and worse and worse with every release.

I wonder why people keep using that infuriating, miserable piece of a wannabe program.

I wonder why ppl tends to report a somewhat big D2X-XL problem (at least on his/her side) with that much frustration.
It's a bug, right? well, you just need to report it to the bug tracker with easiness and calmed down, is just as simple as writing a detailed ticket and period, doesn't matters how big and ugly the bug is, sooner or later will be fixed.

I don't see the need to report it in such a negative way. If by the moment that version doesn't works for the user, he/she should stick with the latest one stable for him/her and wait for a fixed version from Diedel.
Very simple indeed.

BTW, on a side note, i don't see any sound problem here on my main partition (WinXP, haven't tested with Win7).
It may be related to Win7 Users? Anyhow, D2X-XL doesn't offers full support for Win7 yet.